Schuyler: Your Opponent is overrated improvers The idea behind this gambit

The idea behind this gambit is actually quite serious: by eliminating the black c-pawn and aiming for a rapid development of his queenside

Its advantages are clear: it is surprising

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Chapter 13 – Classical system 6

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Schuyler: Your Opponent is overrated improvers The idea behind this gambitWhich opening does better in practice: the wild, unsound and refuted Latvian Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5) or the solid Philidor Defence (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6)? As James Schuyler points out, referring to the definitive Megabase, the Latvian Gambit scores higher. How can such a discredited opening (and the same story is repeated with other unsound openings) do so well? The point is that playing like this throws the opponent off balance, makes them anxious and